POLICE REPORTS

December 6, 2012

- David Halverstadt, who owns the storage units on Spruce Street, reported Tuesday he is concerned someone he knows may damage the gate he had installed.

- Judy Trussell reported her daughter works at the Dollar General, and that at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday her daughter's boyfriend showed up at the store, took her cell phone and broke it. He also threatened to vandalize her car. The daughter, Lauren Trussell, later went to the police department and reported her rear car window was broken.

- A West Chestnut Street woman reported Tuesday items were stolen from her apartment.

- A North Jefferson Street woman reported her daughter moved out of her apartment, leaving her personal belongings to the man who also lived there. The man has since moved out and the landlord is bringing the items to her house and leaving them in the lawn. She wants the landlord to stop.

- A resident reported Wednesday a woman he saw the other day at the county Counseling Center is now going around town saying he touched her all over her body. He said this is a lie and he wants an officer to talk with her or he is going to file a lawsuit.

SALEM

- A clerk at Smith Oil, 968 E. State St., called police at 5:09 a.m. Wednesday to report damage to both front door windows, which were shattered and sustained substantial damage from being struck with an unknown object. An investigation is pending.

- Police responded to several alarm calls from 2:01 to 3:01 a.m. Wednesday at businesses in the area of South Lincoln Avenue, North Broadway Avenue and East Second Street. They suspected the alarms were triggered by a power outage, with all areas appearing secure.

- Police were called at 12:32 a.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of East Perry Street for a person to be removed. A woman reported she and her boyfriend had an argument and she wanted him removed from the residence. The male was advised of the complaint and transported to his residence to prevent further problems.

- A suspicious vehicle with a male inside was reported at 11 p.m. Tuesday in a parking lot at 423 S. Lundy Ave. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle.

- A domestic was reported at 10:03 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Vine Avenue where a husband and wife had an argument. They agreed to keep their distance and discuss the issues at a later time.

- A man in the 200 block of West Pershing Street reported at 8:46 p.m. Tuesday that someone entered his apartment and took several items, including welding tools, a tool bag, boots, a cell phone and a government phone and personal papers.

- A clerk at Smith Oil on East State Street reported at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday that a person in a white Chevy Blazer left without paying for $15 worth of gasoline.

- A woman reported at 7:34 p.m. Tuesday that she moved out of a property in the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue on Nov. 29 and left a computer and two mattresses at the residence. She said now the items are missing. An officer went to the residence and a person there said the mattresses were still there, but a man arrived Monday and said he was there to pick up the computer and they gave it to him. Arrangements were made for the woman to pick up the mattresses.

- A man on Merle Road reported at 7:21 p.m. Tuesday that his juvenile daughter had not returned home from school. Before she was entered as missing in the law enforcement data base, she was located at a friend's house and was on her way home.

- An anonymous person reported finding a bicycle abandoned at the rear of the storage units on Elm Avenue at 4:07 p.m. Tuesday.

- A credit/debit card was found at 1:28 p.m. Tuesday on the ground at the recycling center on Ellsworth Avenue and turned over to police. The owner's wife retrieved the card from police.

- Police were called to Walmart, 2875 E. State St., for a dispute at 11:27 a.m. Tuesday, but all parties left before they arrived. One of the people, from East Liverpool, came to the police station to report a man and woman were harassing them as part of an ongoing problem.

- A man in the 500 block of East Fourth Street reported at 8:04 p.m. Monday that an unknown woman punched his juvenile cousin in the face after a brief argument. An officer spoke to the woman who said the girl got in her face and came at her in an aggressive manner. She told police she only hit the girl to protect herself. The information was sent to the prosecutor for review.

- Police were called at 7:51 p.m. Monday to remove a person from the 500 block of South Broadway Avenue, but he left the area before police arrived.

- A domestic was reported at 7:05 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of Rose Avenue between an adult male and a juvenile female. The adult fled the area.

- A man reported at 6:03 p.m. Monday that a known male was staying at his apartment building and took copper piping from the basement. When he went to check the basement, the person fled.

-A Quaker Lane resident reported jewelry missing at 1:58 p.m. Monday.

Columbiana

- A West Salem Street woman called 911 at 9:50 a.m. to request police help her with contacting an AT&T representative to pay her bill since no one was answering her call at the company. Police told her she would have to speak with a representative herself.

- Police conducted a welfare check on a West Salem Street woman at 10:42 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 hang-up call from the home. It was found the woman had accidentally made the call and there were no problems.

- Police spoke with a man at 11 a.m. Tuesday after observing him placing an item in a trash can on Fairfield Avenue at Pueblo Lane and then continue on to stop and look into all the trash cans on the curb. The man said he was a scrapper looking for scrap materials.